The government's emphasis on making Britain an appealing destination for international students goes beyond the poor taste of viewing people, and their contributions to academia and society, as cash cows and cogs in a market mechanism.
I did ask one last question about what else we should remember Rajeev for beyond his contributions to academia and business.
To academia, the term is usually associated with intellectual contribution to one's discipline within academia while socio-economic impact is regarded as beyond academia.
In the "linear" knowledge production model, academia's best contribution to problem resolution lies in the adequate transfer of knowledge (through communication, education, patenting, or publication) to other actors charged with the implementation of such knowledge in the form of products, procedures, regulations, or problem solutions.
Alex Stamos, Facebook's former chief security officer, who left the company this summer to take up a role in academia, has made a contribution to what's sometimes couched as a debate about how to monetize (and thus sustain) commercial end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in order that the privacy benefits they otherwise offer can be as widely spread as possible.
In a key note presentation the importance of documenting impact was stressed: 'ELSA must have a demonstrable contribution to society and the economy; an effect beyond academia.
Etymology The specific epithet honors Dr. Ching-I Peng of the Herbarium (HAST) of Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, for his contribution to our knowledge of Sino-Vietnamese karst flora.
Investment in personal development and career enhancement while individuals are in postdoc positions will clearly benefit a university if an individual stays in academia--but it should also be seen as a university's contribution to national well-being if a postdoc chooses to move out of academia to pursue other opportunities.
Academic accounting research can make significant contribution to accounting practice, although changes in accounting education and the accounting academia in recent decades has led to a divide between academia and practice in accounting.
As part of his contribution to the combined code, Derek Higgs suggested looking to the law, academia or the public sector to widen the pool from which non-executives are selected.
